Forum sets urgent focus on €2.27bn beef exports
It will be the sixth meeting of the forum, which Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney set up in 2014 to facilitate open discussion between industry, farming organisations, and others on the strategic path forward for the sector.
IFA livestock committee chairman Henry Burns said Mr Coveney has to deliver on opening up new beef markets. Supplies will increase in 2016/17 and it was known from 2014 that the industry cannot sell additional beef at viable cattle prices.
